| slovo | definícia |
dampen
(encz) | dampen,navlhčit Jiri Syrovy |
dampen
(encz) | dampen,zchladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Dampen
(gcide) | Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened
(d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
[1913 Webster]
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
[1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
--The Century.
[1913 Webster] |
Dampen
(gcide) | Dampen \Damp"en\, v. i.
To become damp; to deaden. --Byron.
[1913 Webster] |
dampen
(wn) | dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn:
stifle, dampen] [ant: excite, stimulate]
2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten,
wash, dampen]
3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp]
6: check; keep in check (a fire)
7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dampen
(encz) | dampen,navlhčit Jiri Syrovy dampen,zchladit v: Zdeněk Brož |
dampen your spirits
(encz) | dampen your spirits, |
dampener
(encz) | dampener,dusítko Jiri Syrovy |
dampening
(encz) | dampening,tlumící adj: Rostislav Svobodadampening,vlhčení n: Zdeněk Broždampening,zvlhčování n: Zdeněk Brož |
dampening unit
(encz) | dampening unit,vlhčící soustava [tech.] n: polygrafický výraz Pavlína
Kalašová (Jenofefa) |
dampened
(gcide) | Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened
(d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
[1913 Webster]
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
[1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
--The Century.
[1913 Webster] |
dampening
(gcide) | Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened
(d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
[1913 Webster]
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
[1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
--The Century.
[1913 Webster]dampening \dampening\ n.
the act or process of making something slightly wet.
Syn: moistening.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dampen
(wn) | dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn:
stifle, dampen] [ant: excite, stimulate]
2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten,
wash, dampen]
3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp]
6: check; keep in check (a fire)
7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break] |
dampener
(wn) | dampener
n 1: a device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a
dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them" [syn:
dampener, moistener] |
dampening
(wn) | dampening
n 1: the act of making something slightly wet [syn:
moistening, dampening] |
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